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LABOUR IN MADRAS 195 SUB-APPENDIX A. To B. P. Wadia, Esq., President, the Madras Labour Union. Beloved Sir, We, the members of the Madras Labour Union, beg to express our gratitude to you for having consented to proceed to England to place our grievances before the British Nation. We request you to represent us before the Labour Party Conference, the Trade Union Congress, the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress, and the Secretary to the Labour Party; and enlist their sympathies to our cause. You are thoroughly acquainted with our various grievances, and we have also given to you a memorandum explaining them, which we request you to publish widely for the information of the British people. We pray God that He may afford you a safe and happy journey to England, a sucessful stay there, and an early return to our midst. We remain, Yours fraternally. The MEMBERS OF THE MADRAS LABOUR UNION. Madras, 3rd May, 1919. To B. P. Wadia Esq., President, the Madras Labour Union. Beloved Sir, On the eve of your departure to England to work for the Indian labour movement, we, the Members of the Madras Tramwaymen's Union, desire, to express our gratitude to you for your work among us. You brought